Malachi 1:9-11

New International Reader's Version

⁹ “Now plead with God to be gracious to us! But as long as you give offerings like those, how can he accept you?” says the Lord.

¹⁰ “You might as well shut the temple doors! Then you would not light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord. “I will not accept any of the offerings you bring. ¹¹ My name will be great among the nations. They will worship me from where the sun rises in the east to where it sets in the west. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to me. That’s because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord.